1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 2 <!DOCTYPE reference PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Reference//EN" "../dtd/reference.dtd"> 3 <reference id="u_new-activity" xml:lang="en-us"> 4 <title>New Activity wizard</title> 5 <shortdesc>Creates a new Android activity.</shortdesc> 6 <prolog> 7 <metadata> 8 <keywords> 9 <!--<indexterm></indexterm>--> 10 </keywords> 11 </metadata> 12 </prolog> 13 <refbody> 14 <section> 15 <p>Use this dialog if you just want a basic activity as your starting point (this basic activity consists of 16 little more than an empty onCreate() method; you can also have an empty onStart() method added by selecting it 17 from the list at the bottom of the dialog). If you would like the activity to be created based upon a sample, 18 select <uicontrol>Create New Activity Based On Template</uicontrol>. </p> 19 <simpletable> 20 <strow> 21 <stentry><uicontrol>Source folder</uicontrol></stentry> 22 <stentry>The folder into which the source code for the new activity is to be stored. By default this is the 23 current project's src folder.</stentry> 24 </strow> 25 <strow> 26 <stentry><uicontrol>Package</uicontrol></stentry> 27 <stentry>The package that is to contain the new activity. By default this is the current project's 28 package.</stentry> 29 </strow> 30 <strow> 31 <stentry><uicontrol>Name</uicontrol></stentry> 32 <stentry>The name to be used for the class that implements the activity. This should be a simple, 33 non-qualified name.</stentry> 34 </strow> 35 <strow> 36 <stentry><uicontrol>Label</uicontrol></stentry> 37 <stentry>(optional) The label for the activity. This label is displayed to the user, often along with the 38 activity's icon, when the activity needs to be identified to the user. Note that if you specify a label, the 39 New Activity wizard creates a string resource to hold this value. If the <uicontrol>Default</uicontrol> 40 option is selected, a label is not set for this activity (the Label field is not editable); the user sees 41 the application's label instead.</stentry> 42 </strow> 43 <strow> 44 <stentry><uicontrol>Superclass</uicontrol></stentry> 45 <stentry>The class from which the activity inherits. For activities, this is <codeph 46 >android.app.Activity</codeph>.</stentry> 47 </strow> 48 <strow> 49 <stentry><uicontrol>Permission</uicontrol></stentry> 50 <stentry>(optional) Permissions that should be added to the project's manifest file due to this activity. 51 Click <uicontrol>Add</uicontrol> to display a list of possible permissions from which you can 52 select.</stentry> 53 </strow> 54 <strow> 55 <stentry><uicontrol>Action</uicontrol></stentry> 56 <stentry>(optional) The actions to be performed by an intent filter associated with this activity. Click 57 <uicontrol>Add</uicontrol> to select from the available actions. Note that you can select multiple intents 58 from the dialog that appears when you click <uicontrol>Add</uicontrol>. To select a range, select the first 59 item in the set and then hold down the Shift key while selecting the last item in the set. To select 60 multiple separate intents, select the first item and then hold down the Control key while selecting the 61 remaining items.</stentry> 62 </strow> 63 <strow> 64 <stentry><uicontrol>Category</uicontrol></stentry> 65 <stentry>(optional) The associated intent filter categories. Click <uicontrol>Add</uicontrol> to select from 66 the available categories.</stentry> 67 </strow> 68 <strow> 69 <stentry><uicontrol>Set as the main activity</uicontrol></stentry> 70 <stentry>Select this option if this new activity is to be the app's main activity. Doing so updates the 71 application's manifest file to specify that this is the activity that should be started when the application 72 is first launched.</stentry> 73 </strow> 74 <strow> 75 <stentry>Create an onStart() method</stentry> 76 <stentry>Select this option if you would like to have an empty onStart() method included in your activity.</stentry> 77 </strow> 78 </simpletable> 79 </section> 80 </refbody> 81 </reference> 82
